Freight-car



(No Model.)

A. WOLCOTT.

FREIGHT GAR.

A'M l I I l I I l l u lc Patented Sept. 22, 1885.

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ANSON VVOLCOTT, OF

VOLCOTT, INDIANA.

FREIGHT-CAR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 326,701, dated September 22, 1885.

Application tiled June 20, 1885.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ANsoN VoLcoTT, of Wolcott, in the county of Vhite and State of Indiana, have invented certain new and useful Improvementsin Freight-Cars; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon7 which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to improvements in fastening devices for the hinged sides offreightcars, and it consists in the matters hereinafter described, and pointed'out in the appended claims.

The invention may be more fully understood by reference to thc accompanying drawings, in Which-- Figure lis a side elevation of a closed or box car embodyingr my invention. Fig. 2 is a transverse section of the same, taken upon linea@ x of Fig. l. Fig. 3 is a. fragmentary side View of a fiat car, showing one end thereof. Fig. 4 is a detail sectional view of the parts shown in Fig. 3, taken upon line x x of said figure. Fig. 5 is a detail section taken upon line y y of Fig. 3. Fig. 6 shows a side door constructed to slide vertically.

In the said drawings, A indicates a car-body of any usual or preferred construction, and B B are hinged wall sections or flaps, which are connected at their upper margins by hinged or pivotal connections b with the car-frame or suitable supports thereon, and are adapted to open outward to permit the free discharge of the contents of the car.

In Fig. l a box-car is shown, having its stationary side walls, A', extended to within, say, a foot and a half or two feet of the floor thereof, and provided with wall sections B B, hinged at their upper edges to the said stationary walls, and arranged to close the longitudinal opening or passage between the lower margins ofthe stationary walls A A and the car-floor.

The hinged partsB B, in the case of a boxcar, may embrace the entire thickness of the car-wall, or it may include the outer sheathing or planking only. Thelatter construction is shown in the drawings, in which the framepieces of the car-walls are shown as extended downwardly and attached to the longitudinal (No model.)

side frame-pieces of the car in the usual manner, andthe outer planking or sheathing, a, is fastened at its lower edge to a longitudinal beam, A2, located at the lower edge of the `wall A, and affording attachmentfor the p iV- otal connections or hinges b of the aps B. The latter may be framed or constructed in any desired or preferred manner, a simple and convenient form thereof being herein shown, in which they consist of longitudinal planks attached to vertical metal bars b', pivoted at their upper ends in castings a upon the car-wall to form the hinges b, and extended at their lower ends beyond the edges of the iiaps, whereby they may be conveniently engaged with the locking devices for holding the flaps closed. The said bars are desirably lo` cated upon theA outery faces of the flaps, which are arranged to come, when closed, practically flush with the carwall and with the outer surface of the longitudinal side pieces of the car.

Gis a metal bar extending along the side of the car adjacent to the lower edge of the flap B, and constructed to slide longitudinally in suitable bearings upon said frame.` In the particular construction shown the said bar extends from end to end of the car, and is located in a longitudinal groove in the framepiece A3 thereof, with its outer surface iush with the outer face of the frame-piece, and is held in said groove by plates a2, secured over the groove and bar. Upon the said bar C, at points adjacent to the lower ends of the bars b', are located outwardly-bent metal pieces or plates c, which are separated from the bar sufficiently, Fig. 5, to permit the lower ends of the bar b to enter behind them, and which are made of notched form, as clearly shown in Figs. l, 3, and 5, whereby they may be conveniently secured to the bar C at two points of attachment.

The bar C is connected with suitable devices whereby it may be moved a distance equal to or somewhat greater than the width of the bars b', and the plates c are so arranged that when the said bar C is thus moved the said plates will be shifted over the ends of the bars b, and will thereby lock and hold the lower edge of the flaps B from outward movement.

Any suitable means may be used for actu- IOO A means for sustaining the hinged side of a flat car is shown in Figs. 3 and 4. In this case the hinged sides or flaps B are pivotally connected at their upper ends With posts or standards E, fixed in the ear-platform adjacent to the inner faces of the flaps. The sides or flaps B are in this case constructed with vertical bars b in the same manner as before described, and the posts E are provided upon their upper ends with castings e, provided With lugs or ears, affording bearings for the pivots of the hinges b of the flaps.

The means for locking the flaps shown in the figures last mentioned are similar to those before described.

The box-car shown is provided with the usual central doorway at themiddle of each of its sides, and the flaps B are constructed to extend from points at either side of the doorway to the ends of the car, a low or half door, F, such as is usually used in grain-cars, being shown as in place within the doorway to retain the load.

In Fig. 2 the car is shown in dotted lines as inclined or tilted sidewise, so as to discharge the load by the opening of the flaps B, as Will occur when the car is used vin connection with the dump device shown in a prior application, Serial No. 163,735, iiled by me upon the 28th day of April, 1885.

I claim as my invention- 1. The combination, with a car, of hinged l flaps B andmeans for securing the flaps, consisting of metal bars, as b-, projecting from the free edges of the flaps, and a longitudi nally-movable bar upon the car body, provided With projecting parts constructed to engage said bars b', substantially as described.

2. The combination, With a car, of hinged iiaps B, provided with metal bars, as b', projecting from the free edges of the iaps, and a longitudinally-movable bar, C, provided with v parts c, adapted to 'engage the end portions of the bars b', and means for shifting said bar longitudinally, substantially as described..

3. The combination, With a car and hinged fiaps B, of fastening devices comprising bars b', projecting from the free edges of the flaps, alongitudinally-movable bar, G, provided with projecting parts constructed to engage the bars b', and a locking device for securing said bar from longitudinal movement when theflaps are closed and fastened, whereby access to the car by unauthorized persons may be prevented, substantially as described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention I affix my signature inpresence of two witnesses.

Anson WoLootrr. 

